Chapter Four: Promoting Inclusive Culture
Definition
•Inclusive culture is defined as a commitment to realize representation, respect,
equity, and positive climate towards integration of people with diverse needs,
disabilities and vulnerabilities.
Dimensions
•Individuals with disabilities required to have an equitable access to:
 Provision of structures, spaces, services, communications, e.g. adaptive ICTs
 Targeted recruitment and hiring practices
 Training, professional development, promotion/advancement and targeted monitoring and
coaching programs
 Provision of reasonable workplace accommodations along with fair, reasonable and
respectful interaction practices
Characteristics of an inclusive community
•Inclusive communities do have the following set of characteristics:
Integrative
Cooperative
Interactive
Support PPPs (public and private partnerships)
Welcome diverse people and cultures
Ensures equitable living, participation and opportunity to develop one‘s capacities
Safe
Why is building an inclusive community important?
•Some of the reasons include:
 It does promote all citizens have equal access to resources, treatments and opportunity.
 Works to eliminate all forms of discrimination and other discriminating incidents, including
any acts of exclusion and injustice.
 It allows equal participation in decision making process that affects lives.
 It values diversity
Approaches to establishing inclusive culture
•There are five stages.
1. Planning what to achieve, including how it becomes more inclusive
2. Undertake an inclusive review
 The demographics of the organization and customer base
 Formal policies and procedures.
 Policies to deal with discrimination, bullying and harassment
 Procedures to deal with tensions and difference between groups
 Informal or unwritten working practices and
 Arrangements for staff consultation and participation
3. Create an action plan
4. Put the plan into action
5. Review, monitor and evaluate the plan’s impact and use what you find to plan future action
Inclusive values
• Equality
• Rights
• Participation
• Community
• Respect for diversity
• Sustainability
• Non-violence
• Compassion
 Honesty
 Courage
 Joy
 Love
 Hope
 Optimism
• Trust
Indigenous inclusive values and practices
•Explanation
• Indigenous inclusion is a non-imported practices embraces all the customary but useful
cultural heritages rooted in people’s culture, languages, art, mythology and spirituality
that invite the full participation of indigenous people where diversity is valued.
Characteristics of indigenous Inclusive values
 Respect to human rights
 High level employee engagement, human resource planning and management
strategies
 High level community and company relationships
 High level job and income opportunities
 Sustainable strategy of inclusive policy framework

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    Chapter Four: PromotingInclusive Culture
  • 2.
    Definition •Inclusive culture isdefined as a commitment to realize representation, respect, equity, and positive climate towards integration of people with diverse needs, disabilities and vulnerabilities.
  • 3.
    Dimensions •Individuals with disabilitiesrequired to have an equitable access to:  Provision of structures, spaces, services, communications, e.g. adaptive ICTs  Targeted recruitment and hiring practices  Training, professional development, promotion/advancement and targeted monitoring and coaching programs  Provision of reasonable workplace accommodations along with fair, reasonable and respectful interaction practices
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    Characteristics of aninclusive community •Inclusive communities do have the following set of characteristics: Integrative Cooperative Interactive Support PPPs (public and private partnerships) Welcome diverse people and cultures Ensures equitable living, participation and opportunity to develop one‘s capacities Safe
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    Why is buildingan inclusive community important? •Some of the reasons include:  It does promote all citizens have equal access to resources, treatments and opportunity.  Works to eliminate all forms of discrimination and other discriminating incidents, including any acts of exclusion and injustice.  It allows equal participation in decision making process that affects lives.  It values diversity
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    Approaches to establishinginclusive culture •There are five stages. 1. Planning what to achieve, including how it becomes more inclusive 2. Undertake an inclusive review  The demographics of the organization and customer base  Formal policies and procedures.  Policies to deal with discrimination, bullying and harassment  Procedures to deal with tensions and difference between groups  Informal or unwritten working practices and  Arrangements for staff consultation and participation 3. Create an action plan 4. Put the plan into action 5. Review, monitor and evaluate the plan’s impact and use what you find to plan future action
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    Inclusive values • Equality •Rights • Participation • Community • Respect for diversity • Sustainability • Non-violence • Compassion  Honesty  Courage  Joy  Love  Hope  Optimism • Trust
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    Indigenous inclusive valuesand practices •Explanation • Indigenous inclusion is a non-imported practices embraces all the customary but useful cultural heritages rooted in people’s culture, languages, art, mythology and spirituality that invite the full participation of indigenous people where diversity is valued.
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    Characteristics of indigenousInclusive values  Respect to human rights  High level employee engagement, human resource planning and management strategies  High level community and company relationships  High level job and income opportunities  Sustainable strategy of inclusive policy framework